grommet
grommet
Definition
grom·met (gräm′it)
noun
- a ring of rope or metal used to fasten the edge of a sail to its stay, hold an oar in place, etc.
- an eyelet, as of metal or plastic, protecting an opening in cloth, leather, etc.
Etymology: < obs. Fr gromette (now gourmette), curb chain, bridle < gourmer, to curb, prob. < VL *grumus, throat
grommet
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- insert: This also may reduce the need for surgery to insert grommets.
- fit: Fit a rubber grommet ( which provides protection against damage to the cable on the metal edges of the hole.
- need: Hearing noticeably better Many children with glue ear do not need grommets.
- have: This has a large rubber grommet over the hole which must be removed.
- use: Early cars used a large rubber grommet, later cars had a foam seal held in place by plate.
- mount: There's a chrome mushroom affair ( left ) which passes through the rubber anti-vibration mounting grommet.
Adjective modifier
- plastic: Again there should be a plastic grommet between the metal mid-section and the clay bowl.
- convenient: They can mount on flat or curved surfaces using the convenient border grommets to tie or fasten down.
- blind: I intend to cover the lower access holes later with a couple of blind grommets.
Modifies a noun
- insertion: Serious complications from the grommet insertion itself are extremely rare.
- operation: I was quite shocked when the ENT specialist said Mae needed her tonsils and adenoids out, along with the grommet operation.
- hole: They can be mounted either using the 4 grommet holes in the panel corners, or by gluing the panels down.
- strip: Drill or cut a 25mm cable access hole in the forward wall of the trunk and fit the castellated grommet strip.
Noun used with modifier
- rubber: Early cars used a large rubber grommet, later cars had a foam seal held in place by plate.
- metal: Constructed with roped edges and metal grommets in all corners and every 3 feet.
- cord: Slide the cord grommet out of engagement with the cord anchor block.
- brass: A Civil War type is black rubberised canvas with a slit in the middle and brass grommets around the edges.
Preposition: in
- corner: Constructed with roped edges and metal grommets in all corners and every 3 feet.
- ear: They are used to place grommets in the ear in theater, and can be useful for some ear work in the clinic also.
Preposition: for
- ear: An investigation into the use of grommets for glue ear looked at just that point.
